Life On A Swedish Island

Mary Harper and Solom Everta of Classics Now discuss author August Strindberg's tragic/comic tale of the fisherman and farmers of the Swedish archipelago in the novel The People of Hemso. Surprisingly, there is more comedy than tragedy.

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The People of Hemso is discussed on Classics Now with Mary Harper and Solomon Everta.

Mary Harper and Solomon Everta from Classics Now discuss Charles Kingley’s The Water Babies- A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby where young Tom becomes a water baby and goes on a journey to learn about kindness.

“Apparently bacteria jump on board right away,” says comedian, writer and podcast host Paula Poundstone in a conversation with Magazine Host, Claire Reynolds. She is referring to a segment in her book “The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness” and some of the experiments she just had do try out. CenterArts is presenting Paula Poundstone on Saturday at HSU’s Van Duzer Theater.

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Paula Poundstone and Magazine Host Claire Reynolds talk about her show and more.

Mary Harper and Solomon Everta from Classics Now discuss Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Emile, or On Education, Rousseau’s classic on the philosophy and practice of education. Emile’s tutor attempts to show how a young person can be brought up to fulfill their innate natural goodness in a corrupt society.